Andrew Forsthoefel
The only time I’ve ever just unexpectedly happened to cross paths with another man who was walking across America was in Franklin, Louisiana. Andrew Forsthoefel, 23 years old, was several months into his walk from Pennsylvania to the California Coast, and I was of course going the opposite direction. We took the day off to get to know each other, and each of us later blogged about it:
- George’s blog of meeting Andrew
- Andrew’s blog of meeting George
- George’s follow-up of meeting Andrew, one year later
Andrew was recording stories of the everyday people he met while walking, as he well knew that everyone has an interesting story to tell. After finishing his walk on the coast of California last year, Andrew has since been compiling all of his work into a fifty-minute masterpiece– which has been feature this week on NPR’s This American Life.
It took him a year of walking to compile in addition to many follow-up months of hard work to produce, and here is the link to the wonderful final product– (enjoy!)
Meeting Andrew Forsthoefel on the road, in Franklin, Louisiana